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Courses taught:

LIB 2500: Introduction to library research and technology in the Information Age

Research Interests

Visual literacy; conspiracy ideation/conspiracy theories and libraries; information literacy.

Selected Publications

Books

Greer, K. & Beene, S. (2024). Dismantling Conspiracy Theories: Metaliteracy and Other Strategies for an Information-Disordered World. Rowman and Littlefield.

Murphy, M. et al. (Eds.) (2022). Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Academic Spaces. ACRL Press.

Refereed Articles

Greer, K. & Beene, S. (2024). When Belief Becomes Research: Conspiracist Communities on the Social Web. Frontiers in Communication 9, 1345973.

Beene, S. & Greer, K. (2023). Library workers on the front lines of conspiracy theories in the US: one nationwide survey. Reference Services Review 51(3/4): 251-272.

Beene, S., et al. (2023). A Proliferation of images: Trends, obstacles, and opportunities for visual literacy. Journal of Visual Literacy.

Beene, S. & Greer, K. (2021). A call to action for librarians: Countering conspiracy theories in the age of QAnon. Journal of Academic Librarianship 47(1).

Greer, K., & McCann, S. (2018). Everything Online Is a Website: Information Format Confusion in Student Citation Behaviors. Communications in Information Literacy, 12(2), 150-165.

Nichols Hess, A. & Greer, K. (2016). Designing for engagement: Using the ADDIE model to integrate high-impact practices into an online information literacy course. Communications in Information Literacy 10(2).

Greer, K. (2016). Undergraduate studio art information use: a multi-school citation analysis. Art Documentation 35(2): 230--240..

Greer, K., Nichols Hess, A. & Kraemer, E. (2016). The librarian leading the machine: A reassessment of library instruction methods. College & Research Libraries.

Nichols Hess, A., Greer, K., Lombardo, S. & Lim, A. (2015). Books, Bytes, and Buildings: The Academic library's unique role in improving student success. Journal of Library Administration 55(8): 622-638.

Greer, K. (2015). Connecting inspiration with information: Studio art students and information literacy instruction. Communications in Information Literacy 9(1): 83-94.

Rodriguez, J., Greer, K. & Shipman, B. (2014). Copyright and you: copyright instruction for college students in the digital age. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 40(5), 486-491. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.06.001

Greer, K., et al. (2012). Beyond the web tutorial: Development and implementation of an online, self-directed academic integrity course at Oakland University. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 38(5), 251-258. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.06.010.

Non-refereed articles

Greer, K. "From the studio to the archive: Art students and information literacy activities." College & Research Libraries News.

Book chapters

McCann, S., Greer, K., and Nichols Hess, A. "High Impact Practices: Collaborative Assignments and Projects." Forthcoming in Engaging Students Through Campus Libraries (2020). 

Greer, K. & Nichols Hess, A. "I want students to research the idea of red": Using instructional design for teaching information literacy in the fine arts. In Glassman, P., & Dyki, J. (Eds.). (2017). The handbook of art and design librarianship. Facet Publishing.

Greer, K. "Goldilocks and the Three Searches: Learning the Judicious Use of Quotation Marks in Effective Searching." The Discovery Tool Cookbook. 

Greer, K. Cooking up a concept map with Prezi: Conceptualizing the artist statement. In Calkins, K. and Kvenild, C. The Embedded Librarian Cookbook. ACRL (2014).

Nichols Hess, A. & Greer, K. Using Library Standards to Inform Common Core Instruction. In J. Purdy & R. McClure (Eds.), The Next Digital Scholar: A fresh approach to the Common Core Standards in research and writing. Information Today, Inc. (2014)

Educational Background

PhD, Higher Education Leadership, Oakland University (in progress)

M.S., Library and Information Science, Drexel University

M.A., Art History, University of Notre Dame

B.A., English, Magna cum Laude, Aquinas College

Created by MH / Updated on July 22, 2020 by MH